8. How We Got Our D-Day Stay For Free

I just decided to put the conversation history here. It's self explanatory :) The only thing I changed is grammar and spelling check.

[11:30 PM, 6/24/2018] Evelyn: Hi girls! I could appreciate your help in prayer!! 😭 Shaun is super sick so I'm trying to handle everything myself.

So my parents called me just now saying they can get us (our family and Shaun's family) some rooms for free in a hotel on Sat night so we can stay together and at the same time save money because my dad's brother is best friends with the hotel boss or something like that.

So I went and cancelled the Airbnb booking from the previous night. Their listing says I can cancel 5 days in advance and get a full refund, just that I won't get the service fee back (which is ok for us, we get to save a lot more money than the service fee).

But, when cancelling they said I can only cancel 14 days in advance (which is weird because the listing says 5 days in advance). So I just assumed it's a problem with their website and I can just request a claim later on. So I cancelled.

Then, I contacted the host. The host said she just changed the cancellation policy to 5 days recently, but when I booked, it was 14 days. That's why there was the problem. But she's very very nice, so she's ok to refund all cancellations.

But the weirdest thing is.. she doesn't get the money until we check in!! (supposed to be on Saturday night). Which means, basically all the money we paid for the place (and cancelled) goes to Airbnb. which is terrible because if I knew.. then I won't cancel at all 😭 It's a lot of money for us. RM800+ that we paid in total for both sides that we feel is really wasted to just give to the big Airbnb company. πŸ˜… Kesian also the host.. she doesn't get any money but I can only talk to her about this.

And even worse.. I can only report to airbnb 72 hours after I submit the claim.. which means now there is nothing I can do 😭

Ahhh. First bad experience with Airbnb! Prayerfully they will sort this out for us soon.

[11:32 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: Ohhh noooooooo!!!!

[11:32 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: 😱😱😱

[11:33 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: I'm speechless

[11:34 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: Same here....didnt expect this would happen ohh
[11:34 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: God is bigger than any problems EveπŸ’ͺπŸ’ͺ will pray for you guys
[11:34 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: Hang in there!!!

[11:34 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: We'll be praying for you
[11:35 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: Pleaseeeee do not hesitate to ask for our help!!
[11:35 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: Just tell anything that can help you.

[11:36 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: True3, anythingg 😊

[11:37 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: Literally anything
[11:37 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: And of course. We will pray for you

[11:40 PM, 6/24/2018] Evelyn: Yeah, didn't expect this to happen. The host was so nice. She said if I contacted her at first, she would just refund me the money straight when Airbnb paid her, (minus their service fee) meaning she doesn't make any money but she's ok with it. But she didn't know this would happen also.
[11:42 PM, 6/24/2018] Evelyn: Ahh I think all we can do is pray. And I hope I don't get too worried πŸ˜… and that Shaun will heal quick because I don't know how to make decisions on my own πŸ˜…

[11:45 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: Yess πŸ™πŸ» will continue to keep praying for you guys. Try not to worry too much yaπŸ˜“πŸ˜“

[11:48 PM, 6/24/2018] Evelyn: Thank you thank you. :)
I keep asking God whyyyy. I sayang the 800 bucks because... 800 bucks could have done a lot for the gospel vs going to be big company that doesn't need the money lol. I geram at Satan man. When we prayed just now I said if we get the money back I'll make sure I put all of it into offering just so God can win x2 lol

[11:54 PM, 6/24/2018] Charlene Gabu: I'm sure God is still in control Ev ❀

[11:54 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: Wahhhhh noiceee 😍😍😍 will add that to my prayer hahaha #teamGod

[11:56 PM, 6/24/2018] Evelyn: Thanks girls. I'm sure He is. :) But yeah, would appreciate if you could pray that we could get the money back so that it can go to the gospel and not to some big company that doesn't need the money. Just needed someone to help pray because.. haha even prophet Daniel had praying friends and Evelyn is just Evelyn

[11:59 PM, 6/24/2018] Olivia James: Dont worry, you have us bha😁 Daniel had 3, u have 4 (from this group la haha)!!

[12:04 AM, 6/25/2018] Charlene Gabu: We will pray Ev! That's a wonderful request from you.

[7:22 AM, 6/25/2018] Sharose Kuan: Wow. . So much happeningπŸ˜… stay strong Ev πŸ™πŸ»

[7:40 AM, 6/25/2018] Belcye Vivi Bolodin: Will pray Evelyn..

[12:55 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: Hi girls. I don't know how to describe how I feel
[12:55 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: God gave us back every single single cent. πŸ˜… They even refunded us the service fee that they said they usually don't refund but because they feel bad for us and want us to have a good experience, they'll refund us.
[12:56 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: So they gave us back more than what we expected. 😱 because the money that is supposed to be given to the host, the host gave it back to us saying she doesn't need it. God is so good.
[12:57 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: I told Shaun about what we prayed for (asking God to give us everything back just so I can put it all into offering) and he laughed at me and said go ahead πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ he must have been so sick he didn't rmb what i prayed for hahahhaha

[12:57 PM, 6/25/2018] Olivia James: God is good😭😭😭

[12:57 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: What a big testimony! hehe
[12:57 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: Usually it will take up to 15 days but God did it for us overnight. 12 hours KABOOM DONE

[12:58 PM, 6/25/2018] Olivia James: Loooollll hahaha so happy that God answers quickly😁 now can focus on the weddinggg

[12:59 PM, 6/25/2018] Belcye Vivi Bolodin: Praise God!
[1:00 PM, 6/25/2018] Belcye Vivi Bolodin: Waaa... Amazing. Your wedding journey is full of testimony 😊

[1:02 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: Many many testimonies. I have one more testimony about music also but I think I will share it another time hehe

[1:06 PM, 6/25/2018] Olivia James: Okieee must share ya😁 are you planning to share during the wedding ka? Just wonderingg

[1:07 PM, 6/25/2018] Evelyn: hehe not sure.. maybe we will :)

8. How We Got Our D-Day Stay For Free
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